I concur with Ben: use Linux. We are a Win 2008 shop, but with one Linux box in the corner just for those oddball tasks.
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Silvio L. Nisgoski <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I still believe using linux for copying the files will be easier, and > easier also to explain to the other firm. Also, it seems that they are > acting more like the enemy than as someone that should be working with you. > Have they explained how are THEY going to assure the dates of the files will > not be inadvertly changed , like, when someone will look at the files ? > > Or, in a somewhat cumbersome idea : > You could schedule something to run under de backup account, to make a dump > of the file list, with creation/modify dates. Then, if all that it is > important to them is to know when the file was modified, that list could be > used. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Leone" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" > <[email protected]**software.com<[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 2:51 PM > > Subject: Re: Seizing ownership changes modification date, and that is bad > ... > > > On 6/24/2011 7:58 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Sure. But "Burn all the files to a tape" sounds like the files will >>> be restored, then backed up again to another tape. >>> >> >> No, in this case, we will be backing up the folders direct from disk to >> tape, using EMC Networker. Then giving the tape to the firm that is >> coordinating our compliance with these requests. >> >> Previously we did do it the other way - backup from disk to tape; >> re-direct to different disk on different server (still in the same AD >> domain); seize ownership and change permissions; then they would be >> copied to external disk. >> >> That's not turning over the original backup tape. >>> >> >> That was never the request, for the original backup tape. Just for >> (current) copies of user home folders. >> >> Another bit: The OP mentions Networker. Networker uses Unix tar as >>> the basic tape format (at least years ago when I used it (it was >>> "Legato" then)). So you're actually providing the files in a format >>> closer to the original using Linux to copy the files, and closer to a >>> Unix format if you use the NT-based backup software. (Little bit of >>> irony there if you like that sort of thing, ha.) >>> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.**com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> >> **> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** >> com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> >> or send an email to >> listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<[email protected]> >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.**com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > **> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** > com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- G. Waleed Kavalec __________________ Remember when teachers, public employees, unions, npr, pbs, and planned parenthood crashed the stock market, took trillions in TARP money, spilled a crapload of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, wiped out half of our 401ks, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and payed no taxes? Yeah - me, neither. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
